1801-08-28 Freedom Seeking: Ben
- Identifier
- NJS-EVE-01215
- Source
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Runaway ad for Ben, by John Van Waggoner
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Runaway ad for Ben, by John Van Waggoner, "20 DOLLARS REWARD," Centinel of Freedom, September 1, 1801, p. 3.
- Event Description
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Around August 1801, a 25-year-old Black man named Ben ran away from his enslaver John Van Waggoner, who lived in Paterson, New Jersey.
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Transcript of the source document:
"20 DOLLARS REWARD.
RAN-AWAY from the subscriber a Mulatto Negro Man, by the name of BEN; he is about 25 years of age, 5 feet 10 inches high, stout built, the first joint of one of his fore fingers is stiff and crooked. Any person that will take up said runaway (whatever be his pretensions to freedom) and secure him so that the owner may get him, shall be entitled to the above reward, and all reasonable charges, paid by
JOHN VANWAGGONER.
Paterson Township, N.J.
August 28, 1801.
57-3w." - Event Type
- Freedom Seeking
- Date
- August 28, 1801
- Date Certainty
- Approximate
- Location of Event
- Paterson
- Primary Participants
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Ben (b. 1776)
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02860
Role: Runaway
Age: 25
Status: Enslaved
Enslaver(s) of this participant:
- John Van Waggoner
Verbatim description from source:
"a Mulatto Negro Man, by the name of BEN; he is about 25 years of age, 5 feet 10 inches high, stout built, the first joint of one of his fore fingers is stiff and crooked" - Additional Participants
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John Van Waggoner
Person identifier: NJS-PER-02823
Role: Enslaver, Advertiser - Record Contributor
- Jesse Bayker